Ohio State received their first commit for the 2017 Class. Kaleb Wesson is a 6-foot-9, 270-pound center from Westerville, Oh. During Wesson’s sophomore year while playing for Westerville South he averaging 11.7-points, 8.6-rebounds and 3-blocks per game. Kaleb is ranked as the No. 53 overall player in the Class of 2017 by Scout.com, the No. 12 center and the No. 1 center in Ohio meanwhile Rivals.com ranks him as the No. 77 overall player.

According to ESPN Kaleb has great hands and feet already the only knock is conditioning. They project him to be one of the top centers for 2017 class. Wesson will join the current bigs the Buckeyes already have in junior transfer Trevor Thompson, redshirt freshman David Bell, incoming commits Daniel Giddens along with future players Derek Funderburk and Micah Potter.

For any Buckeye fans thinking the name Wesson sounds familiar it should. His dad was a center for OSU during the eighties. Alas for anyone hoping for him to also play football don’t believe that is going to happen even though he is a three star lineman, word is he will be shifting his focus to basketball.

Lets face it Thad Matta’s hasn’t had much luck getting Big men to Ohio State. Yes there was the one and done Greg Oden, Jared Sullinger as far as really good ones that have donned the Scarlet and Gray so far. There also has been (at least to many fans like myself) disappointments like Amir Williams, undersized centers like Trey McDonald and Anthony Lee. I am sure I am missing some names right now but you get my point.

Next season redshirt freshman David Bell will be someone to keep and eye on along with Virginia Tech transfer who had to sit out this last season, Trevor Thompson.

Derek Funderburk a 2016 commit for the Buckeyes earlier this year is going to be joined now by Micah Porter. The 2016 class is going to be small might even be done with recruiting.

Porter who is from Mentor is listed at 6’10 220-240 and plays center/forward. The 3-star player is listed as the #13 prospect in the state of Ohio.

Thad has talent coming in this next season for the outside, has size currently on team with more coming. This actually could be very scary whats about to go down in Columbus the next few years.